iPad

[Raph]

The only reason i take my laptop with me even on business is because of Skype and Powerpoint.

Skype and Keynote both can run on the iPad :D

I need the video for Skype, and iPad Keynote is inadequate for my typical decks. :(

Also, Flash, since i work with it now.

[KallDrexx]

Stupid iPad developers.  No I will not pay $5 to buy your time wasted game.  No reason for some of these apps to be so much more expensive than their iPhone versions...

Other than this I'm loving it

[naum]

iPad a Therapeutic Marvel for the Disabled

Since its debut in April, the iPad has become a popular therapeutic tool for people with disabilities of all kinds, though no one keeps track of how many are used this way, and studies are just getting under way to test its effectiveness, which varies widely depending on diagnosis.

A speech pathologist at Walter Reed Army Medical Center uses text-to-speech applications to give patients a voice. Christopher Bulger, a 16-year-old in Chicago who injured his spine in a car accident, used an iPad to surf the Internet during the early stages of his rehabilitation, when his hands were clenched into fists. “It was nice because you progressed from the knuckle to the finger to using more than one knuckle on the screen,” he said.

Parents of autistic children are using applications to teach them basic skills, like brushing teeth and communicating better.

[naum]

Never played the actual board game, but Ra has been made as s a nifty iPad (and runs on iPhone/iPod Touch) game… 



Don't really understand the angst over a $4.99 app — that's still about the cost of a Venti drink at Starbucks.

http://itunes.apple.com/app/ra-designed-by-reiner-knizia/id400213892?mt=8

[KallDrexx]

Don't really understand the angst over a $4.99 app — that's still about the cost of a Venti drink at Starbucks.

I've come to terms of it, it was mostly changing my mentality from a "buying a quick one off app" to buying apps I'll get more use out of than with my phone.

Though some iPad apps have huge price jumps from the iphone versions for no reason.

[Lantyssa]

I don't think anyone who owns an iPad should complain about something related to it being over-priced.

[schild]

I don't think anyone who owns an iPad should complain about something related to it being over-priced.

I won mine.

I would never endorse this product to another human being.

Edit: I would not, however, complain about the price of an app unless it was extraordinarily off from what such a thing should actually be worth.

[Thrawn]

So are you guys still using your iPads regularly?  

I play the rare game and use it as an oversized life counter for Magic the Gathering (which I don't even do anymore since someone cloned the app for Android). Other than that, it's just another piece of tech in my arsenal that fires blanks.

Slightly OT, which app is that?  I have a few I've tried on my Droid that work for what I wanted, but none that I really really liked.

[KallDrexx]

So Rage HD by Id software is pretty fun, and the graphics are amazing!

[Engels]

How are the controls? These things can look good on the iPad, but lose their appeal to me once I try to, you know, play them.

[schild]

So are you guys still using your iPads regularly? 

I play the rare game and use it as an oversized life counter for Magic the Gathering (which I don't even do anymore since someone cloned the app for Android). Other than that, it's just another piece of tech in my arsenal that fires blanks.

Slightly OT, which app is that?  I have a few I've tried on my Droid that work for what I wanted, but none that I really really liked.

I think it's called Lifecounter on both platforms.

[KallDrexx]

How are the controls? These things can look good on the iPad, but lose their appeal to me once I try to, you know, play them.

Controls feel good to me.  Its a rails shooter, so you only worry about shooting and dodging, but the game handles movement.

[Prospero]

I usually hate iPhone games like Rage, but it is pretty fun. I've only played on my phone so far though, so I can't speak to the iPad controls.

[Surlyboi]

The iPad controls, once you get to used to them, feel better to me.

[naum]

I wonder if Apple will sell a lot of them over the holidays?

[Samwise]

Can I use this thread for general iThing bitching?

My iPod's battery has finally given up the ghost.  Apple apparently charges $80 plus shipping to remedy this problem by sending you a refurb with a new battery (and the expectation that you'll be giving them another $80 in a couple of years when the new one dies).  I remember hearing a lot of complaints about the battery issue way back when I bought the thing, and thinking it would be annoying, but I thought it would be more like I'd have to bring the thing in to the store and have them install a new $20 battery.

Currently thinking I'll send it off to a third party repair shop that'll replace the battery for $60 with one that is supposedly better and comes with a lifetime warranty to prove it.  Seems slightly sketchy, but if it works it's a lot better than what Apple is selling.

[Tebonas]

Yeah, always plan on upgrading when the battery dies out or go third party. It seems to be better with newer devices, but historically Apple batteries suck, both original and replacement ones.

[Samwise]

I seriously contemplated upgrading, but I don't think the differences between the 4th gen and the 1st gen are worth $300.   

[raydeen]

iBand.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F9XNfWNooz4

I really want one of these now but I'm going to wait for version 2.0

[schild]

That is dumb. No offense. But dumb dumb dumb. I have 8bitone on my ipod and I still think it's dumb.

For those of you wondering: http://www.yudo.jp/en/music/eightbitone

[Oban]

Currently thinking I'll send it off to a third party repair shop that'll replace the battery for $60 with one that is supposedly better and comes with a lifetime warranty to prove it.  Seems slightly sketchy, but if it works it's a lot better than what Apple is selling.

I have used http://www.iresq.com/ to repair an ipod mini and an original ipod in the past.  Fast turn around and both units are still working without a hitch.

As for the iPad, I put an Otterbox Defender case on my daughter's iPad before handing it over to her.  She uses it daily for things like wikipedia, ibooks, and a few games.  Paying for iPad games is a heck of a lot cheaper than buying Nintendo DS cartridges.  So far she has enjoyed the pottery game http://www.idreams.pl/Pottery/ , a game in which she raises frogs http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/pocket-frogs/id386644958?mt=8 , reading tintin comics, and a cute little game where you have to cut a rope http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/cut-the-rope-hd/id394610743?mt=8 the most.

I might get one for myself just to take advantage of the Victoria's Secret app.   

[Cyrrex]

words

Hey, welcome back.

[NiX]

Huge sale on EA apps for CHristmas. Just about everything is 99 cents and applies to all iOS versions.

[Prospero]

Cut the Rope is an awesome game.

[squirrel]

Not iPad related - this only works on iPhones or the latest Touch - but it's cool and I don't want to start/bump another thread.

http://questvisual.com/

Basically a neat word for word translation tool that utilizes the camera. Demo download is free - spanish to english is $5 english to spanish is $5.

[Prospero]

If you have an iPad and a cat get "Game for cats." My cats leveled up twice last night. 

[tgr]

And cost you how much extra?

(what I'm talking about is what the comments in this link is referring to: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/game-for-cats/id406740405?mt=8)

[Lantyssa]

That's clever.